Biography
Михаил Пыляев
Real name: Михаи́л Ива́нович Пыля́ев
Mikhail Pylyaev (November 1 [13], 1842, Gdov, St. Petersburg province - January 21 [February 2] 1899, St. Petersburg) was a Russian writer and journalist who collected entertaining stories and anecdotes of the 18th - first half of the 19th centuries.